2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

$5,000 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$429,664
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,376,712
Entries
738
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Info - Day 2

Ho Must Go

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Maria Ho
Maria Ho

Maria Ho told us how her exit from Day 2 of the PokerStars Championship Bahamas happened as we met her on the rail cheering on her friends.

"I had 11 big blinds left and was all-in under the gun with {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}. Davidi called in the big blind with pocket jacks and held. It was pretty standard."

Player Chips Progress
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
80,000 28,000
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Quads for Mateos

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Adrian Mateos had heaps in front of him all of the sudden and told us about a hand where he won some to get to that point.

The player in seat 6 opened and Mateos called on the button with {7-}{7-}. The big blind came along as well and checked on {10-}{7-}{6-} rainbow. The initial raiser bet and Mateos called, the big blind folded. Action checked to Mateos on the {7-} turn and he bet 14,000. Mateos' opponent called and checked again on the {5-} river. Mateos bet 42,000 with his quads and got called.

Mateos at around 270,000.

Player Chips Progress
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
270,000 130,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos

Morris Dadoun - Gone But Not Forgotten

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Morris Dadoun
Morris Dadoun

Morris Dadoun (pictured) led the way for some time on Day 1a and flew into Day 2 with a great chip lead. Not bad work for the 84-year-old live qualifier who won a ticket out in Toronto and arrived in Blue Jays garb to take on the best. Dadoun had some dramatic table moves across both his days at the felt and took on Daniel Negreanu on Day 1a among others.

We caught up with Dadoun's eventual conqueror, Belgian pro Davidi Kitai between hands and he told us how unlucky Dadoun had been to bust.

"He was all-in with {A-}{K-} against my {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts} and I won to double-up, then he had three big blinds and he was called three ways when he was all-in preflop. The board came {K-}{7-}{3-} {4-} {5-} and I bet on the river. He lost with {K-}{7-} to {6-}{5-}. I feel a little bit ashamed I took him out, he was really nice!"

Player Chips Progress
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
52,000 16,300
Morris Dadoun ca
Morris Dadoun
Busted

Mizrachi Eliminated

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Ryan Riess told us that his former neighbor Robert Mizrachi had just been eliminated in a big blind versus button situation. According to Riess, Mizrachi got it all in from the big blind with {8-}{8-} up against the {A-}{Q-} of the initial raiser on the button. Mizrachi would not survive the encounter, down and out for the only Mizrachi brother playing this event.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Robert MizrachiRyan Riess

Daniel Negreanu vs. Mohsin Charania

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu raised to 3,500 from early position and Govert Metaal called. When action reached Mohsin Charania in the cutoff, he three-bet it to 10,500, which Negreanu called. Metaal got out of the way and it was heads-up action to the {6-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{2-Spades} flop.

Negreanu checked, Charania continued for 6,500, and Negreanu check-raised to 19,000. Charania called and then both players checked the {7-Hearts} turn.

When the {10-Spades} completed the board on the river, Negreanu checked yet again and Charania fired out 27,500. Negreanu, who was enjoying a massage, gave it some thought but ultimately released his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
280,000 70,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
62,000 -21,000
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
21,100 -11,900

Tags: Daniel NegreanuMohsin CharaniaGovert Metaal

Ramos is Down But Not Out

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Several players are looking short-stacked compared to the field but have been grinding that short-stack for a while and comfortable with it. Maria Ho (57,000), Morris Dadoun (18,000), Vanessa Selbst (45,000) and Daniel Negreanu (43,200) are all looking for a way back above average.

However, when you've had a big chip-stack and a series of hands eat away at it, dragging it back down to average, it can hurt more. Felipe Ramos was up to around 175,000 a short while ago, but he has less than half that currently, after losing the latest hand he played.

With a pot of around 11,000, the flop came {10-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{7-Clubs}, and Ramos bet 11,000 to match it. His only opponent called and they went to a turn of {Q-Spades}, which Ramos bet again, this time to 16,300. Again, a very quick call. The river of {4-Diamonds} prompted a check from Ramos, and also from his opponent. Ramos could only turn over {9-Diamonds}{8-Spades}, not good enough to beat his opponent's pocket jacks.